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Who was the first woman in space?
Valentina Tereshkova, who orbited the earth in 1963, twenty years before Sally Ride went into space as the first American woman astronaut. Tereshkova later married a cosmonaut and had a daughter, but she remained very active in Soviet politics and in the Soviet space program as an aerospace engineer. Biography.com.
Valentina Tereshkova, who orbited the earth in 1963, twenty years before Sally Ride went into space as the first American woman astronaut. Tereshkova later married a cosmonaut and had a daughter, but she remained very active in Soviet politics and in the Soviet space program as an aerospace engineer. Biography.com.
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Re: Putting on the dog eh?
Thanks for the chuckle. Indeed Laika was a Heroine, and Lassie was a TV "hero"!